The paper analyzes the difficulties of Soviet-party leadership in Chechen Autonomous Region implementing first five-year plans. study this problem is caused by fact that modern Russia experiencing a new round modernization processes, and today experience previous generations important so as not to repeat their mistakes. subject continuous interest among scientists who consider present direct co...

BACKGROUND A decade of conflict in Chechnya destroyed infrastructure and resulted in widespread exposure to violence. Amidst substantial reconstruction, periodic violence has contributed to an ongoing atmosphere of insecurity. We conducted a qualitative study to understand the mental health and psychosocial problems affecting adult Chechens in this context to inform development of assessment to...

This study presents an exploratory, cross-sectional investigation of factors associated with internalizing emotional and behavioral problems (anxiety/depression, emotional withdrawal, and somatic complaints) in a sample of adolescents displaced by the war in Chechnya and interviewed in the fall of 2000. Social support and connectedness with family, peers, and the larger community were given par...

Previous studies have shown that many recent Jihadist insurgencies differ from other types of civil wars due to their high levels civilian victimization and incidence among tribal honorific societies. We argue these characteristics may an effect on anti-rebel mobilization the local population. Notwithstanding importance political sectarian motives, brutal violence against civilians frequently i...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) intergenotypic recombinant forms have been reported for various HCV genotypes/subtypes in several countries worldwide. In a recent study, four patients living in Austria had been identified to be possibly infected with a recombinant HCV strain. To clarify results and determine the point of recombination, full-genome next-generation sequencing using the Illumina MiSeq v2 ...

Insurgencies continue to proliferate around the globe. While U.S. political and military leaders are eager to put counterinsurgency operations in the rear-view mirror, insurgency warfare is prolific. From the Philippines to Mexico, from Mali to China, from Chechnya to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, insurgency is the dominant strategic challenge of the early 21 century. The existing acade...

After the collapse of the Soviet Union sovereign Islamic states arose in the traditional Islamic regions of the USSR, although Islam was not declared to be an official or state religion in the constitutions of these states, since, as before, religion was separated from the state. These states were: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. With the exception o...